NERVE HOUSE Is a Quarterly Publication, Based in Milwaukee S Riverwest Neighborhood, Dedicated

NERVE HOUSE is a hand-made, national, quarterly publication, based in Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood and dedicated to linking creative individuals who are aware and concerned about the world in which they live. We distribute thousands of copies throughout select U.S. cities. Contact us to help distribute or get on our distro list. Supporters: Basic, $35—Includes a one-year subscription; Amplified, $50— Includes a one-year subscription plus a Nerve House T-shirt. (Please indicate size S-XL.); Enhanced, $100—Includes a one-year subscription, an NH T-shirt and art or other goodies with each issue. Business/Organization Subscriptions are $70/year. Nerve House, P.O. Box 12255, Milwaukee, WI 53212. Sample copy is $5. All of the effort that went into this issue was volunteer. The focus of Nerve House is community, creativity and action. If you are interested in becoming involved in this effort, please contact us. We’d like your contributions in the forms of feedback, images, articles, poetry, reviews, photography, comics, rants, etc., and your support in the form of proofreading, editing, layout, marketing, distro, money, or whatever you can do. Publishers and Lead Editors: Sura Faraj and Denise Dee Editorial Team: Denise Dee, Sura Faraj, Jay Halsey, Jennifer Morales, Sue Scharff Proofreader: Jennifer Morales Layout Team: Sura Faraj, Matt Scholtes, Denise Dee Sketchers: Javier Alaniz, Rashid Faraj, Vala Mohr, Kristin Nelson, Kenn Piotrowski, Matt Scholtes Technical Assistance: Maureen Kane, Christopher Wilde Logo Design: Maureen M. Kane of MMK Design Themes for Issue 4 (deadline 1/31/07): Breaking Themes for Issue 5 (deadline 4/30/07): Community and/or Resistance broadly defined

…………… .….Contributors……………… Cover Image: “State of Emergency” by Aunia Kahn Front Page Image: “Prelude to Admitted for Observation” by Susan Simensky Bietila Front Page Poem: “Psalm” by Larissa Bernardes People Power: Compiled by Melissa Froiland. Sources: [email protected] Articles/Essays/Commentaries/Interviews/Reviews/Rants: Dunya Alwan, Denise Dee, Molly Snyder Edler, Sura Faraj, Melissa Froiland, Hannah Medrow, Jennifer Martin, Jodi Melamed, Hannah Mermelstein, Judith Ann Moriarty, Rick Waldroup, Christopher Wilde Art in Words: Art Whore, Larissa Bernardes, Peter Blewett, Autumn Brown, F. C. Browne, Jr., Megan Burns, Daisy Cubias, Denise Dee, Molly Snyder Edler, Jay Halsey, Eddie Kilowatt, Brandon Kuehn, Dave Morrison, Nicole Penick, Misti Rainwater-Lites, Eric Robertson, Suzanne Rosenblatt, Julie Strand, Adrian White, Jeff Winke Drawings/Graphics/Comics/Photography: Marshall Adams, Javier Alaniz, Artsnooze, Susan Simensky Bietila, Denise Dee, Paula DiGioia, LL Eveland, Miles Histand, Carrie Hoelzer, Aunia Kahn, Corey Katz, Rich Kettner, Jacqueline Kuraj, Kim McCarthy, Craig Medvecky, Edie Pijpers, Suzanne Rosenblatt, Dale Rydlewicz, Fabio Sassi, Karen Sturm, Benjamin Topf, Benjamin John Van Male, Rick Waldroup

...... Thank You to...... Our Subscribers: Lucy Geever Conroy, Udayan Debasis Das, Ellen Finn, James Godsil, Leonard Grossman, Jennifer Heath, Julia Kleppin, Chris Lymbertos, Rachel MGM, Lorraine McNamara McGraw, Randolph Russell, Lesley Salas, William Sell, Sharon Stellmach, Jennifer Wilson, Wisconsin Historical Society, Joan Yelanjian Our Amplified Subscribers: Robert Graf, Beverly Jenkins, K.T. Rusch, Pat Small Our Enhanced Subscribers: Daisy Cubias, Dan Halperin, Steve Keena, Hannah Medrow, RoseMary Oliveira, Dale Rydlewicz, Matt Scholtes, Pegi Taylor, William Von Hagen and Dorothy Fisher Our Auction Donors: Stef Bartz, J. Coleman, Paula DiGioia, Harrison Fried, Carrie Hoelzer, Rich Kettner, Craig Medvecky, Judith Ann Moriarty, Dale Rydlewicz, Carolyn Snow, Lesley Salas, Brett Underhill Other Nerve House Friends, Volunteers and Supporters: Olde Godsil, Kim Johnson-Bair, Molly Hall, Sue Scharff and Paul Wilhite for distributing more than once; Ralph Bronner for sponsoring a volunteer party; Dale Rydlewicz for general support and faithfully picking up NH from the printers; Hannah Medrow for financial and moral support, Jennifer Morales for organizing the performance for Gallery Night at Walkers Point Center for the Arts; Hugh Blewett, Matthew Ecclestone, Tim Grair, Anansi Morales, Cedro Morales, Jennifer Morales, Tina Owen, Tia Richardson, Dominique Riggins, Olu Sijuwade, Mario Augustin Belvidere Suave, Heather Ullsvik, Aletha Weapon, and Marilyn and Beth of SnowFire Spinning Troupe for performing at that event; Daisy Cubias, Molly Snyder Edler, Peggy Hong, Eddie Kilowatt, Adrian Lilly and John Tyson for reading at the Harry W. Schwartz Shopping Night Benefit and Schwartz staff and attendees for making it successful; Funhouse Productions for great T- shirt printing; Port Publications for quality printing and service; Dan Aleksandrowicz, Nighat Majid, and all our contributors who spread the word.